Mark Hopkins

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American businessperson industrialist railroad magnate

Mark Hopkins was a 19th-century American railroad magnate and one of the "Big Four" tycoons who financed and built the Central Pacific Railroad.

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Label	Occurrences
Mark Hopkins Jr.	6
Mark Hopkins canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ businessperson ⓘ industrialist ⓘ railroad magnate ⓘ
activityStart	California Gold Rush era ⓘ
associatedEvent	construction of the Central Pacific segment of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
associatedWith	Sacramento merchants who promoted the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ development of rail links between California and the eastern United States ⓘ
basedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
businessModel	investment in railroad infrastructure ⓘ
businessPartner	Charles Crocker ⓘ Collis P. Huntington ⓘ Leland Stanford ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1813-09-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1878-03-29 ⓘ
employer	Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	Hopkins ⓘ
givenName	Mark ⓘ
hasHeritage	English-American ⓘ
industry	construction ⓘ rail transport ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the Big Four who built the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ co-founding the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
legacy	figure in the economic development of the American West ⓘ namesake of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill in San Francisco ⓘ
memberOf	Big Four of the Central Pacific ⓘ surface form: Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)
movedTo	California during the Gold Rush ⓘ
notableAchievement	helped secure federal support for the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
notableRelative	Edward F. Searles ⓘ
notableWork	financing construction of the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
occupation	financier ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ
partOf	First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ surface form: First Transcontinental Railroad project
placeOfBirth	Henderson, New York ⓘ surface form: Henderson, New York, United States
placeOfDeath	Yuma, Arizona ⓘ surface form: Yuma, Arizona Territory, United States
politicalAlignment	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld	treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
railroadRole	oversaw financial management of Central Pacific Railroad construction ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
residence	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California, United States San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
spouse	Mary Frances Sherwood Hopkins ⓘ